The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.

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To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely...

The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely...

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is...

The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is...

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense...

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense...

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till...

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till...

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a...

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a...

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought...

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought...

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.